Addressing postpartum contraception practices utilizing a multidisciplinary Pregnancy Heart Team approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease has emerged as the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, making planned pregnancy, and thereby reliable contraception among people with cardiovascular disease, vital.

Objective

This study aimed to compare postpartum contraceptive practices among people with cardiovascular disease (cardiac cohort) cared for by a Pregnancy Heart Team to people with other chronic comorbidities (high-risk cohort), and people without comorbidities (low-risk cohort). We hypothesized that the Pregnancy Heart Team influenced baseline contraception counseling and practices among those with cardiovascular disease.

Study design

This was a retrospective cohort study comparing postpartum contraceptive practices between a cardiac cohort who received ca

SUBMITTER: Miller HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9758395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature